Recent content by Steve W.

Currently using a shelf very similar to yours, just a bit less-populated, which allows it to be a bit more organized. .

This is one of the reasons that a penlight-style flashlight lives in a holster on my belt. .

I have an access at each end of the house. One has a pull chain just above the door, you have to be at the top of the ladder to reach it. At the other end of the house, there is a pull-down stairway into the attic. I installed a push button switch near the ladder and attached a tab on the...

Thanks. :cool: Every once in a while, it's nice to make a score. .

I did that last Fall. Was browsing Craigslist, found a guy who deals in warehouse overstocks and dealer closeouts. PIcked up two boxes of Sylvania 'bulbs', 25 in each box. 4' fluorescent replacements, ballast bypass, 4100K, 2200 lumens. Took a few evenings to change all 16 troffer fixtures...

I agree, they DON'T replace a meter, but when I feel the 'need' for one, I am really more interested on IF there is voltage in the line, not necessarily HOW MUCH voltage is in the line. .

If someone is home, always provide water or other drinks. Offers of getting lunch for them have been made on occasion, but not always. .

I got my 60 gallon setup at a garage sale in town. Loaded it on my 5x10 trailer (much like @Hohn's) that has a rear ramp, with a standard 2-wheel dolly. Strapped it multiple directons to the trailer, drove about 1 mile home. Dollied it off the trailer into the shop. Someone mentioned a...

Going along with your questions, then expanding: 1. Lighting was planned from the start. What was to be installed was not determined until the hospital where I was working was upgrading lights. I got 16 double-tube fluorescent troffers that I recessed into the ceiling. Recently re-wired for...

Please remember: "code" is only the MINIMUM that is required. You are always welcome to do more (better) than that. :thumbup: .

Small detour here. :unsure: Many years ago, in Reader's Digest's Humor in Uniform column: A motor pool Sergeant had spent the morning giving a lecture to a bunch of new recruits on 'selecting and using the proper tool'. Later that afternoon, he was walking through the garage and heard one...

I went without the shower. Room is just a touch under 5x5. Main reason for no shower is that I had heard that if there is a shower, the inspector will look more critically at other stuff, thinking it might be a habitable area, possibly for renting out. Secondary reason (might actually be the...

Tool name? Looks like a "George" to me. :dunno: .

I have ball valves above and below the air ports. Yes, plugging in the device with no pressure at the coupler is easier, but it's not all that bad, unless, as others have suggested, you have arthrities or some other issue that simply makes it too hard. My ball valves were not installed for...

How high is the ceiling and how close is the fan to it? I don't have any fans in the shop, but have several in the house. House ceiling is about 7' 9", so we have "ceiling hugger" fans. I have found that at any speed faster than LOW, the fans simply refuse to blow DOWN. Mainly due to supply...